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Control under the Euratom Compact

Control under the Euratom Compact HUG O J. HAH N A. INTRODUCTION The "Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community" (Euratom) signed at Rome, on March 25, 1957, is neither historically nor institutionally an isolated occurrence. Historically, it can be viewed as another outcome of the movement towards a gradual integration of six Western European nations—Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg and the Netherlands—which in 1951/52 led to the Euro­ pean Coal and Steel Community (CSC), better known as the Schuman Plan. The next step towards a progressive unification of Western Europe, the European Defense Community (EDC) project failed to be en­ dorsed by one participant nation in 1954 and in consequence failed to be realized. With due caution, one might ascribe the failure of the EDC project less to its institutional modalities which limited na­ tional prerogatives in a more modest way than the CSC, but rather to the subject of the arrangement, the transfer of national powers over the military establishment to an interstate agency. This insight is important for the understanding of Euratom too. For, the necessity to cope with the peculiarities of the nuclear age on a regional rather than on a national plane was not the sole reason for the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Comparative Law Oxford University Press

Control under the Euratom Compact

Hahn, Hugo J.
American Journal of Comparative Law , Volume 7 (1) – Jan 1, 1958
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Oxford University Press
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© 1958 by The American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, Inc.
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HUG O J. HAH N A. INTRODUCTION The "Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community" (Euratom) signed at Rome, on March 25, 1957, is neither historically nor institutionally an isolated occurrence. Historically, it can be viewed as another outcome of the movement towards a gradual integration of six Western European nations—Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg and the Netherlands—which in 1951/52 led to the Euro­ pean Coal and Steel Community (CSC), better known as the Schuman Plan. The next step towards a progressive unification of Western Europe, the European Defense Community (EDC) project failed to be en­ dorsed by one participant nation in 1954 and in consequence failed to be realized. With due caution, one might ascribe the failure of the EDC project less to its institutional modalities which limited na­ tional prerogatives in a more modest way than the CSC, but rather to the subject of the arrangement, the transfer of national powers over the military establishment to an interstate agency. This insight is important for the understanding of Euratom too. For, the necessity to cope with the peculiarities of the nuclear age on a regional rather than on a national plane was not the sole reason for the

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Published: Jan 1, 1958

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